“Romero Started It”: Horror Masters From Stephen King to Jordan Peele React to George Romero’s Death

George A. Romero at a Survival of the Dead Midnight Madness screening during the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.

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The death of George Romero on Sunday has brought a flood of tributes and memories from horror writers, actors, filmmakers, and people who just love a good zombie movie. Here are just a few of the people missing the Night of the Living Dead filmmaker, starting with Stephen King himself. King, who wrote Creepshowfor Romero to direct, called him his “favorite collaborator”:

Sad to hear my favorite collaborator--and good old friend--George Romero has died. George, there will never be another like you.

Finally, as if things weren’t sad enough, journalist Chris Hewitt posted a photo from a 2005 interview in which he, Romero, makeup artist Greg Nicotero, and director Edgar Wright talked about horror films for an hour. (The tape on which their conversation was recorded must have been imbued with ancient, evil powers from being in the room with so many masters of the macabre, because it promptly disappeared.)